Strong Bakey Usti vibes with that nice bouncey house beat on this Gerry Read release. Sample driven track with nice female vocals. Double sided release. Same tracks on both side, so you don’t have to worry about scratching one side…
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The Rhythm Odyssey – Celestial Vibrations EP [REKIDS063]
Dean Meredith, a veteran of dance music bestows the ‘Celestial Vibrations EP’, a flawless package of original material under project alias The Rhythm Odyssey that’s all acidic analog rawness and fuzzy vintage synths. Kicking off with ‘Ride On This’, a distant cowbell is soon engulfed by a marauding acid bassline. Tough and sexy, rich in rhythm and analogue drums, it’s no doubt got that air of warehouse nostalgia. Next up, Detroit-inspired ‘I Need It’ journeys into a deeper realm of hiss and noise, ‘get on and party’ vocals and the melodic synth line, soon melting into lush chords. On the flip, more raw percussion collides with a cosmically funky edge. B1 ‘Corner Of My Mind’ combines synth stabs and soaring string chords, with a hint of bassline funk creeping in alongside shimmering shakers. Further on the trippy, cosmic tip, the stripped down grooves of ‘Raw Nerve (Dub)’ are immersed in warm, spacey FX and quirky pitch bending synths.
Hieroglyphic Being – FACT mix 333
“FACT mix 333 is a similarly giddy, similarly cliché-capsizing outing from Moss. Recorded on March 15, 2012, at the Musicbox club in Lisbon, it captures Moss across 2 hours and 45 minutes of live PA performance, vinyl DJing and editing on the fly. It’s by some distance the longest FACT mix we’ve ever hosted, but we couldn’t bring ourselves to edit it down: Moss’s exhilarating narrative, at times improvised and free-associating, at others coolly controlled, simply demands to be consumed as a whole.”
Alden Tyrell – CS Podcast 072
Claude Young @ Honey Soundsystem 29.04.2012
Capablanca & T. Keeler – Acido [GOMMA173]
Gomma records’ Berlin posse is busy. Hugo Capablanca joins forces with Swedish amigo T. Keeler. The second one for Gomma. They started with an epic Flamenco Percussion Disco track last summer – now they go deep into proto electronica.
Octo Octa – Oh Love [SILK023]
Brooklyn’s Octo Octa pushes all the right buttons on his 2nd solo EP for 100% Silk. A-side stars the Aaliyah-sampling winner ‘Deep Hurt’, economically putting an over-used sample to fresh use in a percolating House context beside the Jersey swing of ‘Oh Hurt’. Flipside, the lights are dimmed for the warm chords, choice vocal samples and woozy subs of ‘Night Out’, and ‘I Can Feel You (Dub)’ rides that heat-hazy, sticky House vibe all the way to the middle of the floor.
La Vampires By Octo Octa – Freedom 2K [SILK031]
LA Vampires aka Not Not Fun & 100% Silk matriarch Amanda Brown returns alongside Octo Octa, on a sterling clutch of sensual, elegant House trax backed with a Malvoeaux remix. She suits the dreamy vocalist role beautifully contributions to ‘His Love’, and the raving request ‘Whereever, Boy’, and works best sailing high above the sweetly off-key ‘Freedom 2K’.
H-Fusion – H-Fusion EP [FIT006]
New 12″ by Detroit’s own Howard Thomas, aka H-Fusion. Howard has previously released on Sound Signature, and this is his first 12″ for FIT Sound. The A side “Wicked Bitch Witch” features contributions from Marcellus Pittman. Twisted, psychedelic dance music that defies genres!
Isaac Johan – Isaac Johan [COMEME014]
Comeme has resurfaced sporting a new artistic look and brandishing the same devilish approach to causing dancefloor chaos. The label’s latest EP comes from Isaac Johan, described in fanciful fashion as the “first genuine ghost” to join the pan continental Comeme fold. Believe what you want but lead track “Everytime I See Your Face” does sound like there’s a spirit careening around the inner workings of some Roland drum gear. Despite his apparent spectral state, the following triplet of tracks finds Isaac Johan to be a perfect addition to the Comeme fold.
Mark Forshaw – DJ Mix B May 30
Earl Flint – People Hold On [PANDA4Z905080]
A limited chance for you to get your hands on this achingly-rare Panda Records track ‘People Hold On’. Originally released in 1984, this stylishly classy record feels like undiluted house brought to you from before house even existed! Super-tight production skills from Wuf Ticket’s James Mason pull together a goosebump-inducing bassline, deeply hypnotic synths and tantalising handclaps topped off with Earl Flint’s elegantly sexy, meltingly cool vocals to deliver a masterpiece in early 80s NYC groove. Backed with a much in-demand killer instrumental version, this record is almost impossible to find out there on the wax market.
David Vunk – Bowie EP [MST019]
In his dark analog Moustache Records homestudio downtown Rotterdam city David Vunk made his ”Bowie ep”. This energizing ep contains 3 various styled tracks for the dancefloor. On the this side the track ”Forever Always” a stunning filter house tune with a vocal that goes on and on, a fat party break and rolling low kickdrums topped with some crazy hihat programming. On the that side two tracks. A notorious full power hi energy nu-disco/electro track filled with evil strings, catchy melody, tr-808 drums and arp odyssey baseline madness called ”Disco Sysex”. The b2 track called ”Vroezenpark” sounds like it comes straight from hell, a dusty techno track with Berlin infleunces, tr-909 drums and a Roland jupiter 8 synth. Insane and paranoia style. This very limited pressing comes with luxury gatefold fullcolour sleeve, poster and hand numbered, limited copies..
Legowelt – 8Bahn Area Festival Podcast 004
Bookworms – Love Triangles [LIES009.5]
Very much unclassifiable house not/ techno/ not disco debut coming from recent NYC transplant, Bookworms. Blown out sample chops, synched up drum machines with those Barney’s claps and outboard synths play throughout making these two jams more than interesting excursions into an intimate place that we just can’t place our finger on still.
WL-001 – Leave Him Alone [WS003]
Part 3 in the ‘Warm sounds’ series bringin more raw & highly effective dancefloor workouts, ranging from deep house to looped disco/techno business, reminding a bit of early Anthony Shakir stuff.
Trevino – Backtracking / Juan Two Five [TNS002]
Trevino aka Marcus Intalex shifts from the snappy electro of his [NakedLunch] release to two crisp and punchy analogue house cuts that sport the same tendency for strong atmospheres and subtly modulating synths. As with the last release though, it’s the clarity of the beats that make the tunes, particularly on “Backtracking”. Up next, “Juan Two Five” is no less stark in its lavish production, as a sticky pad washes around the rigid jack and deadly bassline. The old skool house march goes on, and the ideas still keep on coming for fresh ways to interpret a classic sound.
Humandrone – Humandrone EP [BRK002]
The second release on Burek presents a young japanese musician – Takaaki Shibuya – Humandrone. Stating he finds his own music to sound like “science-fictional street music”, here we have a treat of four stylistically different house tracks common in their characteristic acid sound from which he draws his inspiration.
Chris Mitchell – Phrenetic EP [VS002]
Chris Mitchell is up next on Vanguard Sound with a solo piece called Phrenetic EP. A four track 12″ that shows off Chris’ versatility as each track has a different style and feel. Some new music from the American south that is making waves as Chris is creating his own sound.
Hoellermann – Extended Play [BAA01]
New Division of Balance Alliance – Chez Damier’s label – with Stephan Hoellermann delivering some proper house music.
The Hipodrome Of Music 